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The Purpose of JournalismAnd Why Its Future Is at Risk
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What is journalism for?
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What is journalism for?
“The primary purpose of journalism is to provide citizens with the information they need to be free and self-governing.”
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What is government for?
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What is government for?
“The primary purpose of government is _______ ___________________________________.”
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“Two constitutional principles have clashed: the government’s view of national security and the newspapers’ view of their freedom to print.”
Eric Sevareid, CBS NewsJune 30, 1971
http://www.polleverywhere.com/multiple_choice_polls/LTE0OTY4NjMwNDM
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Journalism is so fundamentalto the concept of creating
community and democracy that…
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…a free press was among the first rights the Founding Fathers of this country felt it necessary to secure in the Bill of Rights.
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Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
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Journalism is so fundamentalto the concept of creating
community and democracy that…
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…societies that want to suppress freedom must first suppress the press.
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…societies that want to suppress freedom must first suppress the press.
Recent Examples?
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Threats to Journalism Today
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Threats to Journalism Today
•Internet
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Threats to Journalism Today
•Internet•Shifts in reader/consumer behaviors
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Threats to Journalism Today
•Internet•Shifts in reader/consumer behaviors •Government
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Threats to Journalism Today
•Internet•Shifts in reader/consumer behaviors •Government•Self-destructive behaviors and attitudes
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Threats to Journalism Today
•Internet•Shifts in reader/consumer behaviors •Government•Self-destructive behaviors and attitudes•Corporate conglomerations
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Threats to Journalism Today
•Internet•Shifts in reader/consumer behaviors •Government•Self-destructive behaviors and attitudes•Corporate conglomerations•Globalization
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Threats from the Internet
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Threats from the Internet
•Blogs
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Threats from the Internet
•Blogs•Citizen journalism
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Threats from the Internet
•Blogs•Citizen journalism•Movement of advertising away from traditional media
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Threats from the Internet
•Blogs•Citizen journalism•Movement of advertising away from traditional media•News aggregators
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Self-destructive Behaviors and Attitudes
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Self-destructive Behaviors and Attitudes
•Plagiarism, betraying public trust
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Self-destructive Behaviors and Attitudes
•Plagiarism, betraying public trust•Responding to business pressures by appealing lowest
common denominator
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Self-destructive Behaviors and Attitudes
•Plagiarism, betraying public trust•Responding to business pressures by appealing lowest
common denominator•Arrogance about journalism’s gatekeeper role
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The Theory of the Interlocking Public
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The Theory of the Interlocking Public
Involved
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The Theory of the Interlocking Public
Involved Interested
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The Theory of the Interlocking Public
Involved Interested
Uninterested
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What will we do if newspaper go under?How will our news change?
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